Proverbs 13:15 - Exposition

Good understanding giveth favour ( Proverbs 3:4 ); makes one acceptable to God and man. We are told of Christ that "he increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favour with God and man" ( Luke 2:52 ). As a good and wise man uses his gifts and graces properly, he wins higher favour from God, and kindles the love and respect of his fellow men. Alter this clause the Septuagint introduces that which occurs also in Proverbs 9:10 , "It belongs to a good understanding ( διανοίας ) to know the Law." The way of transgressors is hard; rough and rugged, leading to desolation, not to waters of comfort. Ec Proverbs 21:10 , "The way of sinners is made plain with stones, but at the end thereof is the pit of hell." Vulgate, "In the way of scorners is an abyss;" Septuagint, "The ways of scorners end in destruction."